CORBIN

It took Hazel less than three minutes to dig the oversize Ziploc baggie with the thumb drive out of the ground. She waved it triumphantly in the air and smiled as if she’d won two million dollars, but really all she did was prove me wrong.

Because I was ninety-nine percent sure she’d forgotten where she buried the drive. The whole time we marched through the forest, she stared at each tree as if it personally offended her. I envisioned having to hire ...